Saturday night Confluence presented a concert curated by Patricia O’Callaghan of a selection of works by Kurt Weill.  Now I have.a bit of a love/hate relationship with Weill which will likely colour this review.  Broadly speaking I love his earlier work, especially the collaborations with Brecht, but I’m just not into the Broadway stuff at all with a few exceptions such as Street Scene which has at least a bit of an edge.  I also thoroughly dislike some of the American translations of the Brecht pieces that do all they can to take the edge off. Continue reading →